Category: Weekend Cryptic

33.26. I found this very tough at the time, but going through it nearly a week later I can’t really see why. The unknown Indonesian city and a couple of the clues crossing it caused … Read more “Sunday Times 4617 by Dean Mayer”

Pretty easy one for a Saturday last week, solved in 11:30 despite being held up for a couple of minutes at the end by 11ac and 8dn. However, looking at the stats on the Crossword … Read more “Saturday Times 25951 (22nd Nov)”

Solving time: Just over the hour I just crept over the hour with RAISE/STEINS being the last pair in. I’m not sure why it took me so long as, looking back at it now, a … Read more “Sunday Times 4616 (16 Nov 2014) by Jeff Pearce”

Good puzzle, no solving time noted as I was just looking at it in bits and pieces last week while working on the computer. A couple of unknowns for me (BRIDGE ROLL, the required meaning … Read more “Saturday Times 25945 (15th Nov)”

8:21. Another straightforward puzzle from Tim Moorey, but that didn’t prevent me from making a horlicks of it with a particularly stupid mistake. Drat. Not much else to say really so I’ll just get on … Read more “Sunday Times 4615 by Tim Moorey”

Solving time 12:05, so quite a gentle offering for a Saturday with a very helpful grid providing a lot of checked letters in some places. Not much else to say about this one, so straight … Read more “Saturday Times 25939 (8th Nov)”

Solving time: 39:28 Quite a tough one it seemed to me from Dean this week. I loved the deception in 16d so that gets my COD. There was talk on the forum about a nina, … Read more “Sunday Times 4614 (2 Nov 2014) by Dean Mayer”

Solving time 21:50, which I was quite pleased with in the circumstances, as several people had mentioned how tricky it was last week. There were a few other problems to overcome though – and the … Read more “Saturday Times 25933 (1st Nov) – or should that be 1st April?”

9:40 for what is largely a plain vanilla puzzle. There’s one I can’t explain though, which is a bit embarrassing. Doubtless someone will be along to help shortly. Across 1 Author‘s strong feelings in intros … Read more “Sunday Times 4613 by Jeff Pearce”

Finally got round to solving this on the train on Wednesday, and it was pretty straightforward for a Saturday, knocked out in a fairly leisurely 12:50. Some general knowledge required, but nothing too arcane. The … Read more “Saturday Times 25927 (25th Oct)”